A twenty year- stolen bicycle

Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter the police asked him to meet them at the police station. Ted wondered why the police wanted him, but he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried any more. At the station he was told by a smiling policeman that they found his bicycle. Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. They are now sending his bicycle to his home by train. Ted was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen.

1. Ted was worried because ____________.

  A. He received a letter B. He went to police station yesterday 

  C. The police would catch him D. He didn’t know why the police wanted him.

2. The police who talked to Ted was ___________.

  A. pleasant B. worried C. surprised D. small

3. What did the policeman tell him?

  A. His bicycle was lost. B. His bicycle was found five days ago.

  C. He was very surprised. D. He never expected the bicycle to be found.

4. Why was Ted very surprised when he heard the news?

  A. Because his bicycle was stolen 20 years ago 

  B. Because his bicycle was found when he was a boy of fifteen.

  C. Because the bicycle was sent to him by train

  D. Because he thought he would never find the bicycle.

5. Which of the following statements is not true?

  A. The police asked Ted to go to their station. B. Ted is no longer anxious. 

  C. The policeman told Ted the good news five days ago. D. Ted is 35 years old now.